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Dynamics of Lattice Materials

ISBN: 978-1-118-72959-5

August 2017

312 pages

Description
  • Provides a comprehensive introduction to the dynamic response of lattice materials, covering the fundamental theory and applications in engineering practice
  • Offers comprehensive treatment of dynamics of lattice materials and periodic materials in general, including phononic crystals and elastic metamaterials
  • Provides an in depth introduction to elastostatics and elastodynamics of lattice materials
  • Covers advanced topics such as damping, nonlinearity, instability, impact and nanoscale systems
  • Introduces contemporary concepts including pentamodes, local resonance and inertial amplification
  • Includes chapters on fast computation and design optimization tools
  • Topics are introduced using simple systems and generalized to more complex structures with a focus on dispersion characteristics
About the Author

Editors
A. Srikantha Phani, University of British Columbia, Canada
Mahmoud I. Hussein, University of Colorado Boulder, USA